Vietnam War
This theory justified U.S. involvement in Vietnam because leaders feared that if one country fell to communism, others would follow.
What is the Domino Theory?
This tragic 1970 event at an Ohio university increased distrust in the government and fueled anti-war protests.
What is the Kent State Shooting?
Reagan’s economic policies included major tax cuts and this economic philosophy.
What is supply-side economics?
The September 11 attacks most immediately led to the creation of this federal department.
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
This Iraqi leader invaded Kuwait in 1990, causing the Persian Gulf War.
Who is Saddam Hussein?
This Cold War strategy aimed to stop the spread of communism around the world.
What is Containment?
This bombing campaign sought to pressure North Vietnam through sustained aerial attacks.
What is Operation Rolling Thunder?
This resolution gave President Lyndon Johnson broad authority to wage war in Vietnam without a formal declaration of war.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
This 1973 law limited presidential war powers by requiring consultation with Congress.
What is the War Powers Act?
Reagan increased spending in this area while reducing support for welfare programs.
What is defense spending?
Supporters said this act was necessary to improve intelligence sharing and prevent future terrorist attacks.
What is the USA PATRIOT Act?
This president led the United States during the 1990 Persian Gulf War.
Who is George H. W. Bush?
Fighting in Korea and Vietnam are examples of this type of Cold War conflict.
What are proxy wars?
This massacre involved the killing of hundreds of Vietnamese civilians by U.S. soldiers in 1968.
What is the My Lai Massacre?
North Vietnam believed the war was primarily this type of struggle against foreign influence.
What is a war of independence?
The Watergate scandal began when Nixon’s campaign associates did this.
What is breaking into Democratic headquarters?
Reagan supported anti-communist groups in Latin America through this secret scandal involving Iran.
What is the Iran-Contra Affair?
Critics argued that the U.S. Patriot Act threatened these constitutional protections.
What are civil liberties?
The Iranian Hostage Crisis was rooted in American involvement in this region’s affairs.
What is the Middle East?
The U.S. provided economic aid to these two countries as part of containment policy.
What are Greece and Turkey?
This military campaign used aircraft to spray herbicides across Vietnam.
What is Operation Ranch Hand?
President Nixon’s policy of gradually removing American troops while South Vietnam took over fighting responsibilities.
What is Vietnamization?
After Vietnam, many Americans became reluctant to do this overseas.
What is sending troops into foreign conflicts?
Reagan approved this expensive space-based missile defense program often nicknamed “Star Wars.”
What is the Strategic Defense Initiative?
After 9/11, U.S. foreign policy shifted toward this strategy against perceived threats.
What is preemptive military action?
This phrase was used by President George W. Bush to describe Iraq, Iran, and North Korea.
What is the Axis of Evil?
After September 11, the U.S. declared this global campaign against terrorism.
What is the War on Terror?
U.S. commanders used this controversial method to measure success in Vietnam by counting enemy deaths.
What is the Body Count Metric?
This event caused a shift in U.S. foreign policy in Vietnam as policymakers believed that the war was unwinnable and began to negotiate for peace.
What is the Tet Offensive?
This was the ultimate outcome of the Watergate scandal.
What is the resignation of President Richard Nixon?
Of the following Cold War strategies, this one was used the least by the United States.
What is massive retaliation using nuclear weapons?
One lasting effect of 9/11 was increased debate over balancing these two ideas.
What are security and liberty?
This country was NOT part of the “Axis of Evil.”
What is the Soviet Union?
Unlike World War II or the Cold War, the War on Terror focused heavily on combating these.
What are terrorist groups rather than specific countries?
This major 1965 battle was the first large-scale engagement between U.S. and North Vietnamese forces.
What is the Battle of Ia Drang?
This lasting impact of the Vietnam War caused many Americans to distrust the government and question future military interventions.
What is the “Vietnam Syndrome”?
These leaked government documents revealed that several U.S. administrations had misled the public about the Vietnam War.
What are the Pentagon Papers?
President Ronald Reagan famously challenged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev with the words, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” referring to this symbol of Cold War division.
What is the Fall of the Berlin Wall?
Before 2002, agencies like the Coast Guard, Customs Service, and Border Patrol operated under different Cabinet departments. What was the primary strategic goal of moving them all into the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)?
To create a unity of effort where multiple agencies share a single chain of command and mission.
This 1953 CIA-backed operation helped overthrow Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh.
What is Operation Ajax?
This terrorist group grew out of Al-Qaeda in Iraq and declared a caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria.
What is ISIS?
This 1968 surprise attack by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces changed American public opinion about the war.
What is the Tet Offensive?